The Candidate

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Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Overview
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Reviews (3)
Andres Gomez (Rated: 6)
The cast is really good and Redford delivers a great performance. The story depicts the trip from an activist in the way to become the politician he was despising from the beginning, showing all the things that is is dropping in the raise to the election.
However, the story is a bit rushed and th...
Bazzjazz (Rated: 8)
The Candidate: This film is a great look into the current administration in the White House.
‘The Candidate’ is a fine example of art imitating life!
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
“McKay” (Robert Redford) is your stereotypical protest lawyer in California who is drafted in to fight the incumbent Republican “Crocker” (Don Porter) in what would appear to be little more than a box-ticking exercise for the Democrats. He only agrees to run if he is allowed by his election agent “M...
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